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The experience is hardly something for anyone to brag about, let alone a 26-year-old man. Try telling that to Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley. He was all smiles when discussing a recent coming of age, explaining the feat with the giddy of a teenager who finally passed the driver's license test. Beasley's tale involves doing his laundry for the first time. He also shopped for groceries, even taught himself how to "cook" via the Internet. Now down to perhaps his last chance in the NBA, Beasley is hoping at least attempting to live like an adult leads to a different outcome. "I'm still the same guy, but it's desperation for me," Beasley said....

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